I was an enormous fan of Pete Seeger growing up. I have a happy memory of attending a performance of his at Sarah Lawrence College. However, my last experience was a downer.

In high school, I was part of a two-day march into NY City for some liberal cause. At one point, Pete Seeger and the other leader discussed whether the group should do a particular illegal action that would lead to our being arrested. They decided not. That was fortunate for me, because I surely would have done whatever they asked.

Later, it came out that Seeger was secretly a member of the Communist Party at that time. Literally, a card-carrying member. It still bothers me that a group of naïve, idealistic teen-agers might have incurred an arrest record, to unknowingly do the work of the Communist Party.

Most who looked toward communism in the 1930s did so because people were starving and industry was exploiting the desperation of the working class. At that time, the Russian "experiment" was still believed to be working. It was an economic issue, not subversive.

The hate groups that pursued such people during the HUAC and other witch hunts are still defended by many Republicans.

Pete Seeger initially attended Harvard and was given an honorary degree there later. He dropped out because he couldn't study the music he was interested in. He recounts asking about campus performing groups and being told he could join an acapella singing group. That didn't interests him so he left school.

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